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    Marriage is a beautiful new chapter of two people joined in union by love. It’s not all rainbows and cloud-nine. It’s more like a rose – stunning and exquisite and yet, pain comes with it too. Here are quotes to remind you of the grace and meaning of marriage: “With marriage, love is the root, friendship is the leaves, loyalty is the bark and forever is the fruit.” “If you want a successful marriage, you need to understand one cardinal rule – you have to fall in love with the same person over and

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    In American culture, marriages are optically discerned as very unpropitious. This is because we have grown up with the cognizance that when it comes time to espouse, we will have culled our spouse of our own free will. This way, the match will be a love match instead of being coerced into a marriage. Adolescent men and women grow up in India with a totally opposite view of marriage (Jain 7, 2017). It is taught, that when it comes time to marry, their parents will be the ones to find a suitable spouse

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    What is marriage? Is marriage a contract or love? What if marriage is not what people perceive it to be? What if marriage is not the happily ever after often seen in the movies? Laurie Essig and Lynn Owens are two scholars that wrote a piece entitled, What If Marriage Is Bad for Us? that contended the institution purpose of marriage is obsolete and in reality bad for society, and how marriage can lead to changed, unhealthy, and distressed. The book has a section entitled, “Marriage is traditional”

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    a life changing situation- marriage. So at what age is it appropriate to marry? Teenage marriage has become a subject that many people have disagreed on over the last few decades. Some say that teenagers are not mature enough to marry, while others argue that if a teenager truly loves someone they should get married. If love is a promise, are teenagers prepared to make a commitment to marry someone else? Even though teenage marriage should be discouraged, the marriage can be successful if the couple

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    Marriage, Family, And Residence
 : What Are The Possibilities? Introducing Cultural Anthropology, Roberta Edwards Lenkeit (Chapter 7) © Plush Studios/Blend Images/Getty Images MARRIAGE, FAMILY, AND RESIDENCE: WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES? Note that the scarves of the bride and groom are tied together. This joining of scarves symbolizes their eternal bond in this traditional Hindu wedding. © 2009 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, all rights reserved MARRIAGE, FAMILY, AND RESIDENCE: WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES

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    General Topic: Arranged Marriage Specific Topic: The advantages of arranged marriage Thesis: “The eastern cultural practice of arranged marriage is a very successful method and practice of mate selection” Rationale: 1. Why are you interested in this topic area? Why do you want to learn more about this topic area? Explain, giving examples for support. I am very interested in this topic area because I grew up in Srilanka, which is part of the Eastern world, where arranged marriages are very common. Since

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    The types of marriages or living situations has been continuing to grow. There are arranged marriages, consenting marriages, polygamy, cohabitation, breadwinner/homemaker model. Arranged marriages were talked about above. These marriages are one sin which the parents have total control over the children. They pick and choose who will marry their children without the child’s consent. They were done for wealthy, politics, alliances, and kinship. Consenting marriages were not something that came easy

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    history of matrimony, why marriage is considered a sacrament, suggestions for future development as well as why this sacrament was chosen. Before we can begin to understand matrimony as a sacrament we must first understand its history and what the sacrament of marriage is meant to represent. Matrimony was not always considered a sacrament; in fact there was a time when marriage was considered a contract rather than a covenant in many cultures. Historically, in some contexts marriage was thought of as merely

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    The Marriages During the Renaissance of Italy in Florence, marriages have been considered the concept of movement which obligation kinship with the custom that valued the wealth of life. It was the beginning of a new method for relationships among men and women. Furthermore, on March 31, 1393, multiple families were involved in major marriage decisions because of the realignment of social rank, political implication, and transfer of property. In additional, these marriages were among the families

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    Outline Thesis In spite of believing that early marriage is a target for deliverance from poverty and it is the only way for the girl's protection from the surrounding society as well as it is considered to be a solution for reducing the burdens of the family, Early marriage should be combated and put into a limit by prohibition of its legalization for its bad consequences. I. Thesis statement: In spite of believing that early marriage is a target for deliverance from poverty and it

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